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Date of next review: June 2016

 

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Requests to verify when a publication was first made publicly available at CUL

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Requests for both a verification of date of availability and an authenticated photocopy

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. Requests to verify when a publication was first made publicly available at CUL

  1. The LTS Acquisitions Coordinator, the Administrative Supervisor in Original Cataloging, or another knowledgeable LTS supervisor should field these requests, which may come directly from an attorney (or his/her office) or from staff elsewhere in CUL. Note: Forward requests related to Law Library items to the Associate Director of Information Management at Law.
  2. Advise the attorney or law office that we will do the required research and provide a signed, notarized affidavit containing this information for a processing fee of $100.
  3. Retrieve the item(s) and check date stamp(s), record creation dates in Voyager, and/or any other indications of when the item(s) would have first become available for patron use.
  4. Fill out the appropriate affidavit for reporting and attesting to the veracity of the information you provide, editing the text of the sample form as appropriate.
  5. Consult Lyndsi Prignon, or other CUL or CU notary public, to witness your signature and notarize the form.
  6. Prepare an invoice for the processing fee, editing the text of the sample form as appropriate.
  7. Mail, fax, or scan the affidavit and invoice as instructed by the attorney or legal office that requested the information.
  8. Submit copies of the affidavit to the CUL’s Intellectual Property Officer, the AUL for Library Administrative Services, and the Director of Library Technical Services .
  9. Submit copy of the invoice to the appropriate accounts representative, indicating that payment should deposited in LTS account L54-3700.

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